Bridge of Earn, Perthshire

[lesc]

Everyone -

Having had a days fishing on the Moncrieffe beat here with daughter #1 I thought it was time to photograph some of the local ex - Scottish Hydro hardware that passes to the north of Bridge of Earn.

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This Blaw Knox PL16D10 / ED51112 is near the Moncrieffe Bridge, this is a newer structure compared to some of them here.
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Perhaps of more interest are these ancient Buchanty - type PL1 series D60 132KV double circuit ex Scottish Hydro which march off to, I suspect, Buchanty and beyond Note some of them also have a fibreoptic data 'cable' also strung along the earth wire.
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PL16's on an extension cross the M90 motorway here.
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ED51112 / Blaw Knox PL16D10 side on with these green glass insulators that Scottish Hydro seemed to like.
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Biscuit Tin Pics for Blaw Knox PL16 lovers. Moncrieffe Bridge, Bridge of Earn.
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One of these old PL1 series D60 was easily accessed. Time for a few arty shots.
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Clagged on or What???!!!!
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They're a bit older than 11 years old. Daughter #1 trying to be a Buchanty PL1.
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Now this is what you call an electric fence. 132KV. For Godzilla perhaps.
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Flash - feel free to use these in the New Bible...

Cheers -

Les

[blueshift]

Very nice pictures! - lots of 132KV goodness there.

Nick

[rillington]

Fantastic pictures. Lovely countryside as well. Scotland really is the best place to see images of pylons making their way through lovely countryside.

Nice to see some PL1 towers.

Am I right in saying that there are some L8 towers in the background of the Buchanty pictures?